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ROBERT L. WIEGEL
Pages 370-375

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... He was discharged from the Army as a first lieutenant in 1946, returned to Berkeley, married Anne in 1948, and received his MS degree in mechanical engineering in 1949. Motivation instilled by his parents, his undergraduate study, and 3 years of US Army service all whetted Bob's interest in becoming an academic, pursuing his natural curiosity and a desire to design and build things.
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From page 372...
... He made major contributions to the solution of many civil engineering problems in the ocean, applying oceanographic knowledge: wave-structure interaction, wave analysis, wave forces on structures, beach erosion control, tsunamis, and ocean current measurement and analysis. He was active in developing techniques and equipment for hydraulic model studies of coastal works; an example was the laboratory model (and field study)
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From page 373...
... , American Shore and Beach Preservation Association; and member, Review Committee, Barrow Beach Nourishment Project, North Slope Borough, Alaska, Science Advisory Committee. For the National Research Council, he served on the committees on Engineering Implications of Changes in Relative Mean Sea Level (1984–86)
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From page 374...
... The transition from my life in Australia to life in Berkeley in the late 60s was huge for me, and I would not have sur vived without the personal support of Joe Johnson and Bob Wiegel. My supervisors, Hugo Fischer, Gill Corcos, and Hans Levy, provided great intellectual technical support and Joe and Bob ensured that all of us students could somehow recon cile what was going on outside our offices with the demands of our thesis work and with the life we had all come from….
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